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  • Boy oh boy! What can you say? Richard sat playing what looks and sounds like a Fender Rhodes Stage Piano. His sister achieving absolute perfection.

  • best song ever!!!!!

  • Wow - this song takes me back to when I used to think that 'being in love' was the most important thing. now I know Jesus love is everything I need, and the rest is just a bonus. If only dear karen could have found his love before... The price HE paid is high enough for me - and you.

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  • I agree with Lisa. We should not fight hate with hate. But I do believe that this guy (m527) represents the worst of the world nowadays.

  • maineman527 its people like you that made her die,think about what you say on you tube those words are harsh,we lost a great talent when she died....Have a good life and hope you are successful in your life...best regards Lisa

  • You know Lisa, you were to nice to Maineman527, this guy is what's worng with the world today, I hope his life is sort and painful.

  • Wonderful. RIP

  • I LOVE YOU

  • Terrific !

  • Thx Mihaela, i like the song, she has such an extraordinary lovely bright voice for me always, becalming and full of kindness and joy at life, though she was not always sane

    What a great talent...

  • Nice voice omg.... YEAHH!!

  • This Song is the Story of my life.....The only time I've ever been truly happy has been when I'm in love....Knowing that I made sure I never spent to much time when I wasn't in love....I love to nurture so without being in love with someone I can't do the one thing I love doing the most in this World..

    Bob, Palm Springs, Ca. USA

  • カレンの声はやはり最高!ポール・マッカートニーやエルトン・ジ­ョンが絶賛するだけのことはある。

  • Karen Carpenter

    私にとって未だに世界最高のボーカリストです。

  • I miss her voice. She left us too soon.

    RIP Karen.

  • WOW: how can anyone miss her soft/angel voice.................God Bless Karen...she has just a remarkable voice.

    Also, she looks so good in this video, doesn't she???

  • oh gosh...that look she gives right before she returns to richard just sums it up, doesnt it? still a once in a lifetime voice. though others have come close, karen left us with a perfect voice and the memory of perfection, still im fool enough to think thats what i'll find.

  • It sure does:-) wow Poor Karen, if only she could have won the fight, what a Voice!

    We all miss her so greatly.

    Karen deserves a big CarpentersContactDay a Remembering Day where fans could meet, even meet Richard again! Why does not anyone of A&M or Richard arrange such an event anymore? Or the friends and artist friends Karen and Richard had together?

    USA is anything going to be done in the near future maybe? I hope so!

    Wonderful song...... I Need To Be In Love.......

  • Karen's voice is fantastic!

  • I miss you Karen so much ... you brought so much joy to others!

  • she is an angel in heaven.

  • John Bettis wrote this song, knowing it was autobiographical for himself, Karen and Richard. It's a shame that they couldn't have taken the words and used them to stop doing what the words say....

  • Her songs like this sum up what I feel each day so well. I love you Karen, you always know how I feel

  • この曲好きですw

    切なくなりますw

    カーペンターズはよく知らないけど^^;

    歌ってる人凄く綺麗!!

  • lindo, maravilho.........carpenters para sempe!

  • I still miss her everyday.

  • RIP Karen... Still brings tears to my eyes.

  • Ah, Karen...

  • I miss you KAREN!

  • This is my favorite song of all songs of the carpenters..Karen is very pretty here..I love you KAREN forever..!!!RIP!!!

  • "this song is good for studying english"

    It is. She does what not many people do now, which is actually sing correctly so that you can understand every word.

  • this could be without a doubt the most beautiful song in the world...im a 5'11 ..270lb biker & this song just knocks me to my knees,with tears...R.I.P. KAREN love you....

  • this song is good for studying english

  • how beautiful song

  • luv this song ;-)

  • So touching, has same feeling with the lyrics

  • 1 linda musica  the best

  • I NEARLY CRIED WHEN I LISTEN THIS SONG <

  • that is right....

  • god that woman could sing and this song is just wonderful. I was fortunate to see them 'live' at Blackpool Opera House many, many years ago. She actually wore this very outfit, so must have been around th same time. She was as good live as on vinyl and the world lost such a voice the likes of which no other woman has ever achieved.

  • Karen sang this as if it were her autobiography. How beautiful!!!

  • Thanks to God that He had given us Karen and brightened our lives with her gift of songs. Her songs had definitely brought joy to my life.

  • Well, THAT was perfection in a quite imperfect world. To have that degree of control AND emotion in a live performance. Genius. When it comes down to it, the only possible rivals to Karen as the greatest female singer ever are Aretha and Ella - all brilliant, irreplaceable and one of a kind.

  • A beautiful lady with an Angelic voice. I believe she is close to a perfect female voice as there has been.

  • I don´t know, but I´ve always felt these were the lyrics of her own life. Karen will be forever in our memories, hearts and music players.

  • That is so right, but she never could integrate the parts to overcome her anorexia. It is tragic. We stil feel the loss, because her songs also have to do with our lives in a very deep way we cannot put into words.

  • This is my favourite Carpenters song...and i have many....

    The lyrics are just so heartfelt and true....

  • The legacy of her songs has"only just begun". The Carpenters music will be enjoyed for generations to come

  • I miss and love you Karen.

    Why did you have to die?

    I would have gladly traded my life to save yours.

  • The truth is........ there are no words that  can describe how beautiful karen's voice really is.

  • Love this talented lady and her equally talented brother! But that amazing voice and her wonderful phrasing are truly unique! Miss hearing that lady singing live, so I'll have to be content to play and replay all of their albums. Poignant memories with this song, especially.

  • What a gift, to be able to still see her.

    I miss you karen :)

  • Thanks for posting this. It was like watching a concert that I know we will never be able to actually see live again. The Carpenters music will be enjoyed by generations to come, just like the Beatles.

  • This is my favorite song of Carpenters'.

    When Karen sing "I know I ask perfection of the quiet imperfect

    world" it makes me cry. Thank you for sharing & letting me cry. I love you, Karen! Thank you for the great gift!!!

  • Every time I see you sing Karen, it makes me cry.

  • love her voice!

  • 感動と言うしかない!でもカレンにはドラムを叩いていて欲しかっ­たかな?

  • believe that she one of amazing voice in music industry.

  • Thx great video

    Friends and family think I'm wierd when I tell them I love to listen to the carpenters but who cares. Thx to people like you for knowing how to post I can listen to the carpenters while on the computer

  • Was she too beautiful?

    Was she too beautiful to last?

    I miss her.

  • karen, the voice...

  • Excelent!

  • Fantastic version of this song. A song she said she could very much relate to. Thanks for posting it.

  • Simply the BEST - the voice, the song and the intrepretation. Miss you so much Karen.

  • you cant bet the good old days wish we could go back to them go karen you are so beautiful so sorry you are not here now love you s much

  • i really really miss you karen,,,your beautiful voice ,yesterday ,today and tommorow..thank you for posting ,you make us smile and happy //love you so much karen

  • Enjoyed their music when they first began and still enjoy their music today. No vocal gymnastics, just singing beautifully. Thanks for posting.

  • どうしようもない時、人生の指針が見えない時必ず聞きます。思い­切り素直になれる

    カレンが共にいて歌ってくれている気がする。

    カレンは間違いなく心の中で歌って生きてくれてると実感する。

  • 悲しくなると聴きたくなる曲です。

  • She's so beautiful

  • she looked fabulous here.

  • watch her face at the end of the song, she had alot of heartache in her life, she needed more from the people around her,she was so special

  • Touching interpretation, excellent video!

  • How could such a beautiful woman have such a dreadful Mother.

    I have always loved Karen and she touched our soul's.

  • i really love that song,,bravo karen!

  • yeah so sad every time i hear the song and it is unfair that god took away her when she is so young !

  • Wanna hear her do a song when she was in the depths of her anorexia? Pull up "A Sad Song By The Carpenters- I Can Dream, Can't I" I think it is one of the best songs EVER recorded.

  • I really love singing that song by myself......

  • I hope she has found what she was looking for wherever she is now...RIP.

  • just....chills watching this.

    she was simply the best.

  • Excellent singer. If she had been a Beatle, every other act would pack their bags and go home. I think that although she had a beautiful voice, it was NOT perfect. This is part of what is so appealing about her. At times she sounded like "the girl next door" that she truly was. A "perfect" voice sounds too mechanical, too textbook. Viva imperfection! And about sounding like an angel? Thank goodness not. Your average angel sounds like booming thunder. Thank God for the voice of woman.

  • What a pure voice..

  • ha! the lyrics are exactly my life right now-

  • this makes cry

    her story is so sad.

    but her voice will live forever

  • very nice! i miss my GF

  • this is so sad because she's singing about herself; she was so lonely and isolated even though the entire planet adored her. She was so emotionally deprived of love and thrust into fame and pressure instantly. It killed her.

  • I miss you, too, Karen! Sad song, but love to hear you! Steve

  • Understand that this was one of KC's favorite songs. Tough at times performing it because the lyrics were so personal. She really knew how to express a song. Thanks for posting.

  • Karen at a much healthier weight here...

  • beautiful love

  • yes .. i know i need to be in love again.. wish the man of my life ..

  • So much music and emotions in every note and every tone. Karen carpenter has more music in one single note than some of the "modern" singers like Mariah Carey has in a complete song.

  • Karen's voice is so perfect it lights up the darkest corners of our hearts

  • From Brazil to Karen with love...we miss you, your voice and talent...a star forever in our hearts...this song says so much to many people in the word, including me.

  • i always cry with this song beacuse i know i will never find love i waseted too much time i wish someone would love me.

  • aww eggs *hugs*

  • Don't worry ur gonna do just fine...

  • I cried when listening this song...Beautiful ....

  • A truly beautiful talent, with a magical voice and the truest emotions. Rest in peace, Karen.

  • My OCD is kicking in here! I can't get enough of her and the song.

    I f I were on a deserted island and had access to only one song, this would be it.

    Be sure to watch the stereo version which is incorporated into a cute video of a plane ride.

    Caught at the right times, she was an absolutely stunning woman, somewhat reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn.

    The Japanese singer, Keiko Touge, does a superlative rendition that puts Richard Carpenter, who was watching, into tears.

  • Karen te extrañamos tanto!!! Eres un angel en el cielo, que me hubiera gustado mucho tener aun aqui con nostoros!!! Que hermosa voz!!! Voz de ANGEL!!!

  • Many others have said it and I'll repeat it: greatest voice of my lifetime.

  • Doesn't she look absolutely gorgeous?

    Damn, what a tremendous loss!

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  • Such a beautiful song sung beautifully by a beautiful person.

    Her passing was so sad and may have been preventable today.

    God must have sent her to us to demonstrate the wonders of simplicity.

  • SIMPLY THE BEST.

  • she is absolutely gorgeous.

  • Absolutely Amazing.

    Such control and artistry.

  • i khow karen was best singer of my life,

    forever capenters

    from japan,kobe

  • De lo mejor!

  • いい歌ハート♪

  • Great lyrics sang beautifully. The whole group was very talented. Nice to see them perform. Thanks for posting

  • This is a good song that brings back memories a love I once had in my past and then he broke it off and right then I decided that it is not worth being in Love.

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  • This chick is awesome!

  • I LOVE THE LYRICS~

  • Karen, tyou're the best !!!

    Why did you leave us so fast ? :'-(

  • Wonderful Albert Hammond's song performed by The Carpenters.

  • Thank God Herb Alpert had the foresight to give them carte blanche in the recording studios, right from the start! Also, after "Offering" was released, and was not a big seller, people were asking Alpert to release the Carpenters from A&M. He told his colleagues he would give them one more chance.

    Alpert suggested that the Carpenters record a Burt Bacharach song called "(They Long to Be) Close to You." The rest is History.

    Heaven sure must be nicer with Karen Carpenter up there. I miss her!

  • She is the best , and Richard too

  • Karen rocks me to sleep at night!

  • hey we also have our own live version....check it out

  • R.I.P. Karen, you died young because God needed another Angel...rest baby rest, we love you....

  • Even english is not my native language , her clear voice helped me to learn and love it . Karen is the sweetest voice I ever listened , hope the creator send more musical groups as carpenters. Love the idea of printing the lirics on the video . Thanks !! From Argentina , Miguel Angel

  • Yes, I am from Minnesota, straight north from you. I don't know any Spanish but need to lean............God Bless Karen.......

  • I've been a Keren fan for 28 years. She still is the best by miles.

  • How can you watch this video and not recognize the absolute brilliance of Karen's voice? She was a songbird of uncomparable proportions. I saw her live and she was magnificient. She is and will remain my favorite singer until my last day on earth. I love you, Karen.

  • If you've never been right before in your life, you certainly are now. I really don't think there was one flaw in her voice. Timeless! The only other singer that impresses me with amazing lyrical prowess is Eva Cassidy, and to our misfortune, she as well has left this world.

  • Your sadly missed Karen,

    i hope now you feel free at last,

    xo R.

  • Beautiful singer singing beautifully a beautiful song. The lyrics are rather melancholy, though. I think Karen sang them with such conviction because the words applied to her. Just watch her expression at the end. Sad. I hope you are singing happier songs now, Karen.

  • I love her <3

    karen carpenter singing in heaven

    Daito*

  • Great performance. Thanks for posting

  • I used to sing all her song. She's got a tremendous voice! There's nothing else like Karen Carpenters

  • Truly a great voice -- a great singer. Notice how she doesn't stray from the melody, unlike many of today's "singers" who try to impress with vocal acrobatics. The true greats (Karen, Garland, Ronstadt -- just to think of a few) kept it simple, which is really more difficult unless you have a brilliant instrument like these ladies. They sing/sang from their souls.

  • Words taken out of my mouth! Thank U! Love Karen!

  • Don't think they'll ever be a better voice on earth. Ill always wonder what other great songs both her and her brother would have produced later in their careers.

    You can never get tired of hearing the carpenters!

  • Que figurino é esse? Aonde ela pensa que vai com essa bermuda branca...

  • You're a class act Karen. That''s why you gave us so much inspiration. We did a rendition of this song on our own youtube website and it was a blast. We miss you dearly.

  • she is my favorite singer i really like her so much.i wish she didn't die karen im your number one fun i really miss you...

  • This is my song, it reminds me of me..I love it. im going through the same thing Karen did =/

  • that voice is magical. never to be heard again.

  • I personally think that the lyrics, in conjunction with Karen Carpenter's magnificent performance and voice herself, really showed in this song.

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  • I think ifshewas aware howmuch herfans loved her im sureshe mite have felt good about her self

  • how do you know she does not feel good ever for herself?

  • It was just my opnion . I didnt claim to know how shefelt

  • amazing voice,dont she make you feel wonderfull.!

    a true shining star foreve,rip.x

  • Let's touch on a sore note. Who wrote all these sad song for this amazing girl to sing? Seems they somehow convinced her she would never find a true love. Little did she know of the unmitigated love her fans had in their hearts for her. I do hope she is now aware of our adoration for the gal that possessed the BEST female singing voice EVER. I will listen to her forever, with no excuses, no regrets. I know perfection when I hear it. Thanks, Karen, R.I.P. :(

  • Karen's born in the same year as my mother, and ever since I've heard her for the first time on a vinyl, probably when I was around 7 years old, I was totally amazed by that angel's voice and that has never changed. There is not and never will be any female singer like Karen

  • It means that your mother is a songer too!!

    Only asking.

  • wot a voice. i have everything by this fab group., fab. x

  • If you don't get chills listening to this, you are dead.

  • my god she was good, too good for this world - a voice fit to be an angel if there was ever one.

  • Greatest female singer of all time

  • bravo, a truly classic

  • A perfect voice in this imperfect world.

  • とってもよい声ですね

  • love the song

    love the voice,.

    and oh!!..

    Love Karen so much!!!

  • No crazy vocal gymnastics or gimmicks - just pure raw talent

  • I wonder what the judges would have to say about KC's performance? Hmm..

  • ya.

    I need to be in love......

  • Brilliant!

  • wow!!! i love her voice so much:D

  • 純米酒を飲みながら観ていますが、最高の「つまみ」です。良いで­す。

  • LINDO ! LINDO !

    É UMA DAS MAIS BELAS VOZES QUE JÁ OUVI.

    Beautiful! Beautiful!

    It is one of the most beautiful voices that I heard.

  • I can relate to this song specislly now... thats true its really imperfect unfair, huhuhu i love the guy but he doesnt know how to love me.. is it my fault to fall in love?? huhuhuhu

  • just beautiful!

  • Many people in this world can relate to the meaning of this song, thats what a good song is all about.

  • Karen era espectacular , con clase talento fineza,elegancia carisma, debido a eso no me la imagino cantando en estos dias , ahora brillan britney, madonna, puajj.....

    KAREN tuvo su momento y fue la MEJOR

    SU VOZ ES DE OTRO PLANETA

  • Yes in an interview with Karen she told the interviewer this was her favorite song and one that she had trouble getting thru without crying so that in itself is enough to get the kleenex box going with the dmotions she puts in this song and her rich Heavenly voice. I'm kinda like everyone else here and dont think we will ever have a voice this pure again. Karen even though you never found your ture love her on earth we all love you always with the love you showed the short time you were here.

  • Wow, that really struck a nerve with me. You can tell how much the song was self-reflective by the way that she raised her eyebrows at the very end....so sad, so sad. God bless her.

  • you hit the nail on the head there. What a sad ending to her beautiful life. We will keep our KC in our memories and hearts forever. Thanks for your reply and response

  • It s a shame that Karen who had so much love to give never found that special someone.You r right modspell that her subtle heartfelt conclusion makes me cry too.